Thread: Is this a Russian surname?

Originally Posted by Hanna

Some common names like this are Bolin, Dalin, Salin, Modin, Molin, Nordin, Vallin, Melin, Kalin. The emphasis is always on the end syllable.

Putin, Lenin, Stalin. The stress on the first syllable.

There are 2896 entries for name Никулин and 3230 for Никулина in the Moscow phone book.

P.S. Иванов - 41496, Иванова - 47890